Mareuil-sur-Ay

Such a delightful location to spend time here at Mareuil-sur-Ay. Without much thought we decided to spend a leisurely Sunday here by the canal.

The canal is used for many activities. A passing parade this morning - boating, fishing, horse riders, cyclists, picnicking joggers and roller-bladers.

Spent some time chatting with a couple of Brits- turned out that they live in a village close to where our friend Fran lives. A very small world. 

We dodged showers throughout the day with much sunshine in between. The village is surrounded by vineyards and many champagne merchants in the village. But Sunday is really a family day here and very little commercial activity in the town at all - except for the boulangerie/patisserie  which opened for a couple hours this morning - to provide the French with their daily need for baquette/croissant!

Wine cellar - not open today!

Very leisurely and enjoyable day!

An old wine merchants house - note the carving of Bacchus above the door

The Marie - town hall.